Barbara Eden will return to series TV in a comedic role for the first time
since "I Dream of Jeannie" on The WB's "Sabrina the Teenage Witch."

Eden will play Sabrina's (Melissa Joan Hart) Great Aunt Ida in a recurring
role beginning in December. Great Aunt Ida is described as "the devilish
matriarch of the Spellman family."

Eden begins production on her first "Sabrina" episode, "A Birthday
Witch," today in Los Angeles. There's nothing official, and this is just
an idea, but if Eden works out she could be an eventual replacement for Caroline
Rhea (Aunt Hilda), who will begin hosting her own talk show after Rosie O'Donnell
leaves "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" next May.